Space
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SpaceLockheed Martin Achieves 12 Successful Target Launches For MDA
Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said that as of June 25 the team successfully launched a total of 12 target missiles since 2005 under the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Targets and […]
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InternationalQinetiQ Wins DARPA Phase 2 Work To Continue Sensor Development
QinetiQ yesterday said it received a 33-month, $22 million follow-on contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue the Large Area Coverage Optical Search While Track and […]
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Space
First Orion Space Capsule Manned Flight Delayed One Year To 2014 By Money Woes
The unofficial target for the first manned flight of the Orion next-generation U.S. space capsule will be delayed one year from September 2013 to September 2014, NASA officials told journalists […]
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Business/FinancialProjection Sees $30.6 Billion Military Satellites Market Over Decade
Armed forces across the globe will spend $30.6 billion to acquire 95 military satellites over the next 10 years, according to a projection by Forecast International (FI), a Newtown, Conn., […]
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Space
Phoenix Lander Finds Toxic Perchlorate in Martian Soil, But Implications Of Finding Still Must Be Decided: NASA
Researchers have found a toxic chemical, perchlorate, in Martian soil excavated by the Phoenix Mars Lander that was tested in a wet chemistry laboratory in Phoenix, but it is uncertain […]
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Homeland Security
Iran Wields Anti-Ship Missile With 190-Mile Range, Officer Claims
Iran has an anti-ship missile with a 190-mile range that could be used to close the Strait of Hormuz and threaten shipping traffic in the Persian Gulf, according to statements […]
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Business/Financial
Report Says U.S. Or Israeli Strike Likely Wouldn’t Destroy Iranian Nuclear Materials Production Ability
Military strikes on illicit Iranian nuclear materials production sites likely wouldn’t destroy them, according to a new report by the Institute for Science and International Security, a Washington think tank. […]
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Business/Financial
Analyst Sees Low-Cost Ballistic Missile Defense To Kill Enemy Weapons In Their Boost Phase; Raytheon Has A Bargain-Basement Solution
The United States could use a modified existing Raytheon Co. [RTN] air-to-air missile to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles in their vulnerable boost phase, according to Loren Thompson, chief operating […]
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Space
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Space
NASA Backs Studies Of Space Radiation Effects On Humans
The Human Research Program will provide grants to fund nine proposals from six states to investigate questions about effects of space radiation on human explorers, NASA announced. Selected proposals from […]